Booked on Murder is book #8 in the Haunted Library Mystery series by Allison Brook.

After everything Carrie and Dylan went through to find a wedding venue, I couldn’t believe there was a murder just a few weeks before the wedding. I enjoy these characters so much much. The mystery was intriguing and the wrap-up had me on the edge of my seat. Ic was in tears the last few chapters. The ending was so sweet and emotional. I want more of Carrie and Dylan, but this was a satisfying series end. Maybe someday we’ll get a spin-off with Tacey.

Thank you to the author, Crooked Lane Books, and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) copy of this book and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

A charming addition to this fun series that isn't heavy on the paranormal but is with good characters and satisfying mysteries. Unfortunately, this is the last of the series, so I have heard, but it ends in a good place where Carrie marries Dylan. However, this is just a little bump along the way...another murder for her to solve. A body is found on the wedding venue lawn: a man who was recently released from jail for a robbery and the loot he is buried is gone. The police suspect his two conspirators but then one ends up dead and the other one is missing. Carrie will have to move fast to wrap this one up before the big day...

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

I thoroughly enjoyed this addition to the Haunted Library Mysteries. Carrie and Dylan were moving towards and finally got to their wedding day. But of course there were mysteries to clear up, and a few murders as well.  There is missing money from a bank robbery that a number of crooks seem to be after, and as well a diary that some people were after.

All the usual characters were part of the scene and especially of course Smokey Joe. The plot moved along with action all the time and Carrie was right in the thick of it.This time Dylan was a large part of the action as well.

And going alongside all the action were wedding plans, buying a home and actually getting married.

I was sad to read in the author's note that this #8 is the final in the series. It has been a favorite series and I couldn't believe it was ending. I want more!

Thank you so much to netgalley and the publisher for the arc of this one in exchange for an honest review!

This is the 8th book in the haunted library mystery series. We follow a librarian who is getting ready for her wedding. When a dead body is found at the wedding venue, Carrie has to solve the mystery before saying I DO.

This was a good cozy mystery! I love the fact that the main character is a librarian, I love anything book related. I think Carrie is a likable character and the other characters were also fun to follow. I think the mystery was engaging enough to keep me interested.

I haven't read the others in this series but I don't think it took away from from my reading enjoyment.

I would recommend this book!

Booked on Murder by Allison Brook is an entertaining story of the days leading up to the wedding of protagonist, Carrie and her fiance, Dylan. Carrie is the special events person at the library and helps where she is needed. While helping put the new local history room in order, she came across the diary of Verity Babcock leading up to her sentencing and being hung as a witch, four hundred years earlier. It had broken Carrie’s heart to read this story of a woman being railroaded by her neighbors. The local newspaper editor had heard the story and now wanted Carrie to write a story about the journal for the newspaper. She was not happy but dug in and found it was not as difficult as she had anticipated. What did surprise her was the furor that rose up around it, playing out mostly on the Letters to the Editor page in the paper as well as some angry words at the library. At the same time, in the final throes of wedding planning, Carrie and Dylan visited the venue and discovered a body in the yard. That opened up a whole crime wave for this small town. No matter how much Carrie knew she shouldn’t get involved, it just happened.

This is the most fun series, mainly because of Evelyn, the library’s resident ghost, visible only to Carrie and her young niece, Tacey. Evelyn pops in and out at will, her will, and always has hints and good advice. Carrie views her as a friend. The crime gets very involved and Dylan and Carrie get more involved than either of them want to after they are approached by a young man named Albi whose brother is one of those involved. He is worried because his brother doesn’t always make good decisions. How could they turn him away? The crimes are mostly committed by some lowlife losers (my words) but it takes a bit to track them down as there are two sets of them. It is a good story, mystery interspersed by a wedding and all the planning that takes place. Oh, and Dylan and Carrie buying a house inhabited by two ghosts, both children. It is an entertaining read. Thanks Allison Brook for this fun series!

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It’s always sad when a series comes to an end, and I’m definitely sad that the Haunted Library series is at its end! I wish that there could be a “spin-off” series, but I don’t know how that would work without Carrie and Dylan (sad face!) especially given their new home situation (no spoilers!). Booked on Murder ends the series well and leaves us to imagine the newly married couple’s future.

As usual, Brook provides a well-plotted mystery for us to solve along with Carrie. This time, Carrie and Dylan discover a dead body next to a freshly dug hole…a body that happens to be in the backyard of their wedding venue! Of course, events occur that drag Carrie into the investigation, but Dylan is on board with her and is supportive of whatever Carrie wants to do.

This murder mystery involves money stolen in a bank heist several years ago and leads to at least one other murder. Then greed worms its way into the library’s historical wing and a diary that Carrie discovered among the hidden gems donated to the library many years ago. Though the diary has yet to be valued, at least one person thinks it could be worth a lot of money and attempts to steal it. The diary belonged to a woman in the 1600s who was accused of being a witch and ultimately put to death. What a sad time in our history! Though this person was fictional, it was interesting to look back on my history lessons of the tragic witch trials. (Do they even teach kids about this in school anymore?)

I enjoyed “helping” Carrie compile a list of suspects and clues! Are the murders and the diary related at all? Do the suspects overlap? Will we solve it in time for Carrie and Dylan to get married?!

I love these characters so much and could read countless books with them. I’ll miss Evelyn, the library ghost that only Carrie and her niece can see. I love the way the author shows the closeness between Carrie and Evelyn in Booked on Murder. I’ll miss Uncle Bosco and Aunt Harriet. Oh, I’ll miss all of the main characters, even the ones who are a little hard to love. As usual, the characters are well-developed, and it’s easy to feel like they’re your friends and neighbors.

The wedding was my favorite part of the book, and yes, I cried! I cry at all weddings! It’s a bittersweet event knowing that Carrie and Dylan get their happily ever after, but our journey with them is at an end. The author does a beautiful job of sending them off into their future. I miss them already!

I highly recommend Booked on Murder for its wonderful characters, well-plotted mystery, and its happily ever after for Carrie and Dylan!

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Allison Brook for providing me with a complimentary digital ARC for Booked on Murder coming out August 6, 2024. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I really love this series! It’s so cozy and fun. It’s sad that this is the last book in the series. There was definitely a lot going on in this book. It’s definitely cool that Carrie managed to solve a case while planning her wedding! Dylan is a supportive fiancé who is willing to help Carrie with whatever she needs. They make a great team. I loved the house part. I love the haunted elements of the book! I would definitely read more books by this author!

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys haunted cozy mysteries!

"Booked on Murder (The Haunted Library Mysteries #8)" by Allison Brook seems to be the final book in the series (at least according to the author's acknowledgments at the end). I feel like there's still stories that could be worked out. Like Miss Evelyn! So much still to unpack for her otherworldly activities and how she can help the little girls at Carrie's new home.

In this one, Carrie is trying to prepare for her Wedding and Honeymoon. However, there's some controversy over the old diary of a woman who had been wrongly accused of witchcraft that keeps sucking her into local drama. Carrie is also approached to be part of yet another group in town and there's a death found at the site of where she's to have her wedding. Wow, that's a lot! Oh, and she is buying a haunted house.

It all works out in the end. There's some good action scenes. Not much really in the way of an investigation because it's pretty much down to a few people that are all involved in some way or another. It just shakes out to who did what and why that needs figuring out.

I will miss this series. I hope there's some sort of spin off in the works. Maybe Carrie's cousin that can also see Miss Evelyn will get her own series, but fast forward to when she's an adult. She could even be in a different town seeing ghosts there and her favorite cousin could visit her.

A great ending to a fun series! I haven’t read them all but I will definitely be going back to read the ones at the beginning that I’ve missed out on, because I have really enjoyed the ones I’ve read so far!

Carrie and Dylan and the rest of the library crew, and even the ghosts, and we can’t leave out Smokey Joe the cat, have been really great breaks from reality and when I need something outside my usual genre. I love a good cozy mystery now and then, and the Haunted Library series has been perfect for that.

The final installment is definitely different from the others… we have Carrie and Dylan finalizing their wedding plans when they stumble across the latest mystery. This one takes them on quite a wild ride and we, as the reader, question if they will make it to the wedding day (this one is a rollercoaster ride!), and if the house search will ever end!

Such a great adventure this time around and I’m sad the series concluded - I was certainly hoping it would continue after the wedding! Either way, it wrapped up everything nicely and I would definitely recommend picking it up! I hope everyone will enjoy this excellent cozy mystery as much as I did… now, it’s time to go back to book 1!

I received an advance copy from NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books,band this is my honest feedback.

With their wedding day fast approaching, our bride- and groom-to-be stumble across a dead body in the middle of their venue. Will they be able to solve the growing collection of inter-related crimes and still make it to the altar on time? Or will it be lights out for their Happily Ever After? I loved how this book showed Carrie and Dylan as more of a team than we’ve ever seen them before. They each have their strengths and areas of expertise, and they’ve learned to trust one another to get the job done. Nearly everything about this story took me by surprise. I didn’t have the villain identified before the big reveal, and I hadn’t predicted any of the big surprises that were discovered. Now that we’ve gotten these two down the aisle, I have no guesses as to what the author has in store for them next.
I received a complimentary advance copy of this book through NetGalley.

Librarian Carrie Singleton wants nothing to go wrong with her upcoming wedding to Dylan Avery and is understandably upset when the body of a murder victim is found on the lawn of the house where her wedding will take place. Carrie is determined to let the police solve this case but when it seems to be appeared to a historical diary she found she can’t help but get involved. But will she be able to solve the case before her wedding? And will her sleuthing put her in danger?

“Booked on Murder” is the eighth and final book in Allison Brook’s wonderful Haunted Library Mystery series. I will miss this series – I have loved reading it as Carrie and the other characters have grown and evolved throughout the course of the series. I love the library setting and I especially love that there are ghosts in these books. I wish the series wasn’t ending but I couldn’t have asked for a better ending – Brooks does a wonderful job of mixing the wedding preparations with the murder investigation. The murder mystery is well done – it’s fairly obvious from the beginning who the bad guys are but it is fun to sit back and read as Carrie slowly unravels the clues. The part where all is revealed is well done with just the right amount of tension – I was eagerly swiping the pages on my Kindle to see what happened next. As for the very ending of the book – it is perfect, tying things up nicely, with glimpses into Carrie and Dylan’s future. Very well done!

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley.

I loved these characters and will miss them very much. I found them interesting and the mysteries always kept me guessing. The characters progressed in their lives which is always nice.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Knowing this was the last book didn’t really affect me until the end which I was super thankful the author drew out like she did knowing fans would need tons of closure and a way to say goodbye to some amazing favorite characters. I’m getting leaky eyeballs again just writing the review. She did an absolute stellar job of closing out what had become one of my all-time favorite series.

Although I’m sure the characters had their own ideas of how they were gonna spend this last book, so in true Carrie fashion our sleuth found herself taking on something dangerous when it was just hours before her wedding. But her man was right there with her too—Dylan is so perfect for her!

I loved the old house they bought and how special it was too! There was just everything to love and give final hugs to in this book, but do yourself a favor by savoring the first seven books before reading this. There weren’t spoilers but there’s just a vibe you need when you read the last in a series, imho anyway.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of his book provided by Crooked Lane via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.

I was surprised to discover that this eighth book in the series is also the last! I understand that a wedding is a good place to finish - but what about those two little ghosts who have just been introduced and now we will never get to know them. Not fair Ms. Brook.

Nevertheless it was a good finale. A murder at the wedding venue sends Carrie into a frantic search to find the killer before her special day. All our favourite characters appear at some point and I will miss them all especially Evelyn and Smoky Joe.

There is a lot of action and drama but the book and the series concludes with a romantic wedding. I will miss this series.

A great addition to an incredible series! Wonderful characters in an incredible setting. This book will keep you guessing until the end.

In the two weeks leading up to Carrie and Dylan’s wedding, multiple people die and history causes an uproar in the village. I enjoyed reading Booked on Murder. Secrets come to light and love wins the day.
This is the last book in the Haunted Library Mystery series. I have liked every book and am sad to see it end. I think you could read this book as a stand-alone, but I don’t think you can appreciate the depth in this book without having read the series in order.
Evelyn, the ghostly librarian, is joined by new ghosts, which brings a fun element to Booked on Murder.
Give Booked on Murder a chance. I think you’ll like it.
Thanks to Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for the opportunity to read this book.

This series never fails to delight and entertain! The personal lives of the characters are so engaging that they draw you into their homes and make you want to root for them, then you have the mysteries that they end up solving. I love that Carrie, the main character is a hardworking, intelligent, community minded, caring person with wit and charm that make you want to sleuth beside her! You also get a first-hand look at her life, both working and personal. This mystery was very well crafted with multiple suspects and just enough red herrings to keep you turning pages well past the time you intend to set the book down and do something else. LOL, but then this series does seem to do that to you! Add in the whimsey of the library ghost and a few other ghosts that pop up here and there and you have a fun, intriguing mystery to entertain your afternoon, evening or even night away with!

I was very sad to read, at the end of this book, that Booked on Murder is the 8th, and final, book in The Haunted Library Mystery series. Especially as this one - in my opinion - is up there with the best of them. Author Allison Brook has created a range of characters which captured my interest, and my heart, all along the way. Evelyn (the library ghost) and Smoky Joe (Carrie's cat as well as the library cat) along with Carrie herself and Dylan, her fiance, among others, grace this book.

There was plenty of action in Booked on Murder as Carrie worked her way toward her wedding, with murders, kidnapping and thievery happening. Carrie was up to her neck in the murder investigation, as well as working in the library and preparing for her wedding. Just as well she had Dylan to support and comfort. But would Carrie discover the killer before her wedding and subsequent honeymoon?

I highly recommend Booked on Murder but suggest starting at the beginning as this is the final book. With thanks to NetGalley & Crooked Lane Books for my digital ARC to read.

Carrie is just days away from her wedding, but work calls again. While organizing storage in the library, Carrie has found an old diary. The author was a healer in the 1600’s who has been convicted as a witch. Carrie is assigned to write a newspaper article about the diary. Unfortunately, while doing a walkthrough of their wedding venue, they discover a dead body. The person is unknown to them but not to the police. Recently released from jail, the man was convicted of a bank robbery. As the wedding tasks get finished, Carrie is drawn into the diary and the murder. Will Carrie make it through this search safely and will the wedding happen on time? Loved this book.

Carrie Singleton moved to Clover Ridge and got a job in the library. She would take her loving kitty, Smoky Joe, with her to work. She also loved solving a mystery and would help the police department solve crimes. In this case, it was murder, robbery and the stealing of an historical diary from the 1600's. When she moved there she found a nice little cottage, where she lived with her fiancée, Dylan Avery.

The diary was written by Verity Babcock who was hung for being a witch, and that was not the case. Many people were hung in the 1600 for being a witch and they were not. I love reading history and this was both history and mystery all in one. The crime of robbery and murder involved men who stole money. Upon getting out of prison they wanted to find the hidden money, but as a result murder had taken place. Right before Carrie and Dylan were to be married they were helping a young man involved in the robbery. His brother asked them for help. It was so scary, as they decided to get totally involved the morning of their wedding. Carrie was saved and her and Dylan's wedding took place that evening. What a special wedding.

As for the diary, it was stolen from the library. It was donated by an unknown person. Two people in the town claimed the diary belonged to them, as on said was related to the writer of the diary. The other related to someone who was killed by this witches healing herbs. I love history of this era and then there was a mystery to the story. I had a very hard time putting the book down each night.

Thank you Allison Brook for a wonderful read, and I look forward the reading the rest of the series "A haunted library mystery". To NetGalley and Crook Lane Books thank you for allowing me the opportunity for reading this before publishing.